briefing coupled along with this very human take. this human element. i have got pets. they are in shelters. i m with my children. all those stories, all that texture the president will then make some further decisions about how to help this area. it is just beginning. maria, you were going to say? those are long-term decisions, harris. because as kennedy said they are still cleaning up from matthew. we still see puerto rico and parts of texas being rebuilt after harvey and after maria. these are long-term rebuilding projects that will require a lot of attention, whether it s from nonprofits who do great work, whether it s from state and local. whether it s federal assistance, these are areas that once the cameras are gone, once the president is gone, need melissa: can i say something about these cameras. imagine being one of those people standing on your front lawn and you have been through so much and you look down the street and who is walking down the center of the street tow
out in a terrible situation. and, you know, talking about the farmers down there. and, of course, farming is all about planning. and providing for the future. harris: and weather. and weather. and praying for good weather. and praying not for weather like this. but, it literally takes years to you are set back years in terms of trying to replace things and getting back in a position where can you provide for your family. melissa: so many times people are standing there and saying does anybody know we are suffering? does anybody know how bad this is? and that s what having the president go down and look firsthand is all about. he says i see what s happened to you. somebody hears you. somebody hears you and sees you and is here to help. go ahead. kennedy: what s interesting some of the communities we saw devastated by harvey in texas and even maria and puerto rico, how neighbors come together and are
they need it. meanwhile enough debris to fill 125 football stadiums. that s how much damage is left behind by harvey in texas. you ve got giant piles lining the streets of houston. how they re handling cleanup efforts there in a moment. shannon: plus next up tax reform after the senate strikes out again on any kind of obamacare repeal. gop lawmakers likely to get an earful from their constituents. arizona senator jeff flake is up for reelection in 2018 and joins us next as republicans vow they aren t giving up just yet. this is the most important thing i can do for the country working with my colleagues. not just repeal obamacare but replace it with a system closer to where you live, controlled by people you can vote for. and we re going to get there.
bit further towards the west. there will be maybe some rainfall. that is if these tracks don t change drastically, which they have as we have seen with previous hurricanes like we saw harvey in texas. like we saw irma in florida. here we see in puerto rico a woman just outside of san juan who is trying to clean up the mud and debris that inundated her home. there you can see some household items just kind of piled up outside homes there, just in the street. looks like there is still some standing water there. so, maria has cast this wide devastation on its journey across the caribbean and into the turks and caicos, into the bahamas, and we can t avoid looking at this. the gfs and the european model in near agreement. the gfs has it edging right near the north carolina coast, and natalie and george, it looks like maybe some of those the
and the other governors sort of the southeast united states should look at the federal government as customers. whatever they need, they re going to get. they also made the point that the president has been very dialed in on this. he had a briefing today with his team about 12:15 before heading off to camp david for the week of the and they made a point to thank not just the president, but congressional leaders in both parties for very quickly moving on that harvey aid package that also now has money in it that can be used down the line for other needs that may arise from irma. so they re trying to present this krd that the whole of the federal government is locked in on this, that they re pulling in the same direction and that they stand ready to respond once the storm has moved on past the peninsula. one thing of note, and i think one thing to keep an eye on, ali, when asked if there was any one particular issue that has him especially worried, bossert said that it was the availabili